Aug. 4, 2025 Mission proven: 55th Wing wraps Talon Shield with combat-ready precision In the final hours of Exercise Talon Shield, conducted under the umbrella of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, the U.S. Air Force’s 55th Wing concluded a historic deployment alongside the Royal Australian Air Force’s 10 Squadron and 92 Wing. The result was a demonstration of coalition precision, rapid
July 29, 2025 Congressman Bacon, U.K. MPs visit Offutt Congressman Don Bacon, Nebraska 2nd District, and U.K. parliament members Ms. Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge and Mr. Peter Bedford, MP for Mid Leicestershire, visited Offutt Air Force Base on July 26, 2025.
July 24, 2025 Offutt Crew dubbed CRAZY With all preflight checks complete and the engines running, the crew of an RC-135S COBRA BALL sat on the tarmac at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan waiting for the most vital piece of this crazy puzzle to fall into place to successfully execute their mission, a linguist. Senior Airman Mark Sana, 390
July 17, 2025 From Pub Talk to Power Projection: How a shared vision brought the 55th Wing into Talisman Sabre A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant from the 55th Wing and a Royal Australian Air Force sergeant from No. 10 Squadron sat across from each other at a local pub after a long day of flying operations. As they discussed their shared missions and growing trust between their units, a question came up: Why
July 13, 2025 55th Wing arrives in Australia for Talon Shield, reinforcing global partnerships and combat readiness The 55th Wing has arrived in Australia, launching the execution of Talon Shield. This high-end training event reinforces the United States Air Force's ability to project power, integrate with allies, and execute from forward locations. Talon Shield is part of the larger exercise, Talisman Sabre,
Nov. 17, 2023 WARHAWK01 visits Team Kadena Recon The 55th Wing commander recently visited the 82d Reconnaissance Squadron and 390th Intelligence Squadron, who operate here at one of the wing’s five geographically separated locations.
Nov. 17, 2022 US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition “Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an eleven-day exercise.
May 29, 2018 RAF Warrant Officer leads renovation of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt’s grave The recent restoration of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt’s grave was sparked when a Royal Air Force Rivet Joint specialist, assigned to RAF Waddington’s 56 Squadron visited his grave to pay respects to the former squadron member in December 2017, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Nebraska. Offutt had been a part
July 6, 2017 Building dedication honors unit legend A dedication ceremony was held at the 97th Intelligence Squadron headquarters facility here June 30. The facility was dedicated Tennant Hall in honor of retired Chief Master Sgt. Thomas H. Tennant who played a major role establishing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in
June 29, 2017 Local training flight includes special passenger A standard RC-135 training mission was flown here June 29, much like any other day.However, this 338th Combat Training Squadron flight was unique as one of its crew members was none other than Hugh Trenchard, a very special teddy bear who is an honorary member of the British Royal Air Force.Named